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Over the next few years, the optical surveys IPHAS, UVEX and VPHAS+ will provide complete photometric coverage of the Galactic Plane within the latitude range \(-{5}^{\circ } < b < +{5}^{\circ }\). Of these surveys, IPHAS is the most complete. Drawing on the work that has already been embarked upon using IPHAS r, i and narrowband Hα data, examples of the application of these very wide area surveys to the study of star clusters and the structure of the Milky Way disc are outlined.
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RR acknowledges the support of a University of Hertfordshire studentship. IPHAS and UVEX observations are all obtained using the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT). The INT is operated on the island of La Palma by the Isaac Newton Group in the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. All data are processed by the Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit, at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge.
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Drew, J.E., Raddi, R., the EGAPS Consortia. (2012). Optical Digital Galactic Plane Surveys and Star-Cluster Science. In: Moitinho, A., Alves, J. (eds) Star Clusters in the Era of Large Surveys. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22113-2_1
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